• DocumentCode
    3534279
  • Title

    MEMS micromirror based X-ray pulse modulators

  • Author

    Mukhopadhyay, Deepkishore ; Walko, Donald ; Jung, Il Woong ; Wang, Jin ; Shenoy, Gopal ; López, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Nanoscale Mater., Argonne Nat. Lab., Argonne, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    6-9 Aug. 2012
  • Firstpage
    138
  • Lastpage
    139
  • Abstract
    We describe a MEMS micromirror for modulation of X-ray pulses needed for critical time-resolved process studies of cyclical and far-from-equilibrium phenomena. This MEMS micromirror leverages grazing-angle reflection of X-ray pulses to generate its temporal modulation response. The generated responses are 1.5μs wide for 8keV X-rays and have been successfully used to isolate single X-ray pulses separated 1.59μs from their suppressed neighboring pulses.
  • Keywords
    light reflection; micromechanical devices; micromirrors; optical modulation; MEMS micromirror; X-ray pulse modulators; electron volt energy 8 keV; far-from-equilibrium phenomena; grazing-angle reflection; temporal modulation; time 1.5 mus; time 1.59 mus; time-resolved process studies; Frequency modulation; Micromechanical devices; Micromirrors; Oscillators; Resonant frequency; Synchrotrons; MEMS; X-ray; micromirror; pulse modulator; torsional;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Banff, AB
  • ISSN
    2160-5033
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1511-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318841
  • Filename
    6318841